Escape Room Challenge

Register your interest to participate in a HeartKids Escape Room Challenge and leave everyday life behind for an hour of intense exhilaration, during which you and your teammates attempt to escape a locked room by following a series of wickedly cryptic clues. Contact nicole.young@heartkids.org.au for more information.

Support Events:

FunFlight - Saturday 26 October

FunFlight is a national not-for-profit organisation based in Melbourne. Since inception, FunFlight has flown over 12,000 participants, giving children and their families the chance to fly.

HeartKids is lucky to be invited to join the fun. Families can register to attend this day and will be offered a free flight.

Registrations are now open for select venues and will be made directly with the FunFlight group via a link that we are able to share with you for each venue.

Please email Lynette on lynette.mccoullough@heartkids.org.au if you would like the link to a venue. Please only request the link for venues which are advertised below and provide your name, heart child or heart angel name and venue you wish to attend. Keep a check on this website to see if new venues are open.

Links are currently available for

Launceston

Bendigo

Colac

Lilydale

Point Cook

Box Hill Miniature Train Day - Saturday 26th October 2019

The Box Hill HeartKids Miniature Train Family Fun Day out is back. (Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Waverley)

Tickets for the Special Children's party have already been ordered. We can only take Wait List registrations so please register if you would like to be considered if a person with a ticket can no longer attend.

Melbourne

Sat 7 December, 9.30am - 1pm

Grand Pavillion, Melbourne Showgrounds Victoria

Hobart

Sat 16 November, 11am – 3pm

Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart Tasmania

Albury/Wodonga

Sat 30 November, 10am - 1pm

Wodonga Sports & Leisure Centre

These parties are for children with special needs and are run by Special Children's Christmas parties (not HeartKids). Families with a heart child (aged 0 – 12 years) or families with siblings of heart angels (0–12) are invited to register their interest to attend. Parents and siblings can attend but only the heart child will receive a present from the toy room. Official tickets are required and HeartKids can order the tickets for you and post them out to you. Registrations must be received by 25 August so please register here.

HeartKids Christmas Picnic - save the date

Please save the date for our Christmas picnic which will be held 11:00am - 3:00pm on Saturday 23 November 2019 in North Melbourne .

Variety Party - Save the date

When : -Thursday 5th December 11am-2pm

Where: - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Please note that this is an invite only event, so you must secure a ticket to attend.

This is not a HeartKids run event but HeartKids will be able to distribute tickets when they are available.

We will advertise a link for you to express your interest in securing a ticket soon so please keep a check on this information.

There is no guarantee of a ticket and the event is for the heart child and one carer.

HeartKid Branch Catch Ups

Our volunteer Branch Coordinators do an incredible job of organising local catch ups in various locations across Victoria and Tasmania. If you would like to attend one of our scheduled events it is important that you register you interest to attend with your local branch coordinator. Please contact Amy Heafield if you need more information on finding your local branch at amy.heafield@heartkids.org.au or 0431 544 510

HeartKids Morning Teas at The Royal Children's Hospital

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm

Where: Third Floor Parent Lounge
Details: All ward, PICU, NICU and outpatient families are welcome to join us for morning tea. We look forward to seeing you there!